UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 12, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 11, 2020 shows the United Nations Security Council holding a meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at the UN headquarters in New York. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday reiterated the rejection of a newly released U.S. Middle East peace plan, calling it an Israeli-American proposal.

NAZARE, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Nic von Rupp of Portugal competes during the Nazare Tow Surfing Challenge at Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal on Feb. 11, 2020.

RAMALLAH, Feb. 12, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes after a protest against the U.S. Mideast peace plan, at the West Bank city of Ramallah, Feb. 11, 2020. Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated on Tuesday in the West Bank and Gaza against the U.S. Mideast peace plan, known as the Deal of the Century. Photo by Ayman

FAISALABAD (PAKISTAN), Feb. 12, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers work on the site of a collapsed factory in Faisalabad, Pakistans east Punjab province, on Feb. 11, 2020. Three laborers were killed and 12 others injured when the roof of a factory collapsed following the explosion of its boiler in Faisalabad, local media reported.

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov (C, Front) briefs a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at the UN headquarters in New York, on Feb. 11, 2020. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday reiterated the rejection of a newly released U.S. Middle East peace plan, calling it an Israeli-American proposal.